Java tutorial
import java.net.DatagramPacket; import java.net.InetAddress; import java.net.InetSocketAddress; import java.net.MulticastSocket; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { int port = 0; byte ttl = (byte) 1; InetAddress ia = InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"); byte[] data = "Here's some multicast data\r\n".getBytes(); DatagramPacket dp = new DatagramPacket(data, data.length, ia, port); MulticastSocket ms = new MulticastSocket(InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved("java2s.com", 8080)); ms.joinGroup(ia); for (int i = 1; i < 10; i++) { ms.send(dp, ttl); } ms.leaveGroup(ia); System.out.println(ms.getTimeToLive()); ms.close(); } }